Chapter 2707

2609.2510 If You Can't Swallow It, Just Shove It In

"Zheng Lao Ban, what do you think?" Director Luo looked at Zheng Ren, wanting to know what he was thinking.

Zheng Ren said, "I'll first push the fish bone down, then let the patient wake up."

"……" Director Luo was speechless. Is this the method Zheng Lao Ban came up with? What's the difference from what he just said?

Seeing Zheng Lao Ban neither explain nor intend to explain, he rubbed his hands, wanting to say something, but didn't know how.

This is fundamentally not a way to solve the problem; it's just pushing the fish bone into the stomach, which fundamentally isn't solving the problem.

"Boss, a few years ago I heard from a guy in proctology in the group about something." Su Yun said with a smile.

"Hmm?"

"In the middle of the night, a patient came for a check‑up; when he opened up, half a fish head was stuck at the anal position." Su Yun said: "At that moment I recalled a joke, the one about eating a fake eyeball."

"Yeah, in the dead of night, seeing an eye in your own anus would scare anyone." Director Luo said.

"The chance of that happening is too small; I can't rule out it being made up." Zheng Ren said: "Soon I'll take the fish bone out of the stomach; it won't go through the intestines to the anus."

"Are you thinking of changing direction to push the fish bone out? That's also pretty risky." Su Yun said.

"No." Zheng Ren didn't beat around the bush, but said in a low voice: "Let the patient eat a glove, wrap it in a sterile glove, then take it out."

This idea is pretty weird; at first I thought there was no possibility. But no matter whether it's Director Luo or Su Yun, the more we carefully consider it, the more we feel it makes sense.

Medical sterile Gloves are elastic; given the sharpness of the fish bone, unless it was intentional, the chance of puncturing the sterile Gloves is not high.

"Boss, you've had a breakthrough." Su Yun said with a smile.

"Let's try; it might not work." Zheng Ren said, "If it doesn't work, we'll have to think of another way."

Zheng Ren operated the gastroscope equipment, sending the fish bone to the stomach. When withdrawing the gastroscope equipment, he also carefully observed the trauma left by the fish bone on the esophageal wall.

They weren't heavy; Zheng Ren bit by bit pulled out the gastroscope, all the while observing the patient's injury.

The pharynx has a slightly larger damaged spot, with a small amount of blood seeping out. Zheng Ren estimates that the hemoptysis the patient described is caused by a small amount of bleeding from the pharynx mixed with oral secretions that are coughed up.

As long as there is blood, it looks frightening. Even just 1–2 milliliters of fresh blood can give the patient an illusion of profuse bleeding.

Zheng Ren recalled how he looked lying on the hospital bed while having blood drawn; it was really frightening. Even though he knows the amount of blood drawn for tests, seeing it a lot still makes his head feel swollen.

After withdrawing the gastroscope tube, the patient woke from anesthesia and, in a daze, coughed hard twice.

At this point, the person is like in a drunken state, a bit more than slightly tipsy. If they got up and walked out, they could manage, but they might fall.

The patient lay for 3 Minute before regaining strength.

"Doctor, is it done? May I ask if I can leave?" the patient, seeing six or seven doctors standing around with solemn expressions, anxiously asked.

"Just wait a moment." Director Luo said: "How did you manage to swallow such a large piece of fish bone?"

"My throat is big; I take medicine without water." The patient said: "I usually eat fried fish like this; who would have thought something would happen today."

Taking medicine without water… Zheng Ren, while applying lubricant to the sterile Gloves, gave a wry smile.

"Doctor, has it been taken out?" the patient cautiously asked, while speaking and trying to sit up.

"Don't move while lying down." Director Luo said: "It's not that easy to remove; the fish bone almost tore your esophageal mucosa. Do you realize you just walked around the gates of death?"

The patient's face was a bit pale; he lay down honestly and softly asked: "Doctor, it's not that serious, right? I feel much better now."

"That's because you came to the hospital early; if you had waited at home for two days, you wouldn't know what was happening." Director Luo said with a stern face.

His words aren't just to scare the patient; if there had been no hemoptysis, the patient this morning eating a bun, steamed bread, etc., and forcing it down would surely have torn the esophageal mucosa.

At least it's bleeding; it's definitely worse than Mao Chi's situation, and it's uncertain whether it could even lead to a tear of the aortic arch.

"Alright, sit up and swallow this." Zheng Ren said.

The patient looked somewhat bewildered at the oldest Director Luo, inquiring with his eyes. In the patient's view, the older the doctor, the more experienced, which is understandable.

"Sit up, do as Zheng Lao Ban says." Director Luo said.

The patient was a bit doubtful, but still propped himself up to sit.

When he saw Zheng Ren handing over the sterile Gloves, the whole person froze.

After 2 seconds, the patient, with a face like he'd just seen a ghost, said: "Doctor, this is a rubber glove; are we supposed to eat it?"

"Well, eat it." Zheng Ren said: "Your fish bone is too sharp; normally we can't take it out. We can only wrap it in the glove and then see if we can extract the fish bone."

"…" The patient didn't believe Zheng Ren's explanation at all; he helplessly stared at the glove, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

"What? Are you trying to run?" Su Yun laughed heartily and said to the patient.

Having his thoughts guessed, the patient's expression became a bit embarrassed.

"You've watched too many movies; why would you have persecutory delusions?" Su Yun asked.

"Doctor, it's not persecutory delusion; who would make someone eat a glove?" The patient swallowed, then said softly: "I'm much better now; I don't want to do this."

"Don't worry." Director Luo softened his expression and said to the patient: "Think about it—if we just pull it out directly and you end up coughing up too much blood, what then? Is it the doctor who treats the disease or you? Hurry up and eat it; the procedure will be done in a few minutes."

The patient was still a bit hesitant, but after locking eyes with Director Luo for a few seconds, he still changed his mind.

"Won't it choke me?" the patient asked softly.

"No." Director Luo said: "If you swallow half of it, and the rest won't go down, we'll use the gastroscope to push it in."

"Push……in…………" Hearing Director Luo's description, the patient was startled.

Director Luo also had no better option; if he didn't say that, he could only deceive the patient.

But at this point the patient already had the idea of refusing; once…… the consequences would be very troublesome. Director Luo instantly thought of many things, but in the end he still told the truth, informing the patient of the actual situation.

Although the truth is hard to hear, it's still better than being entangled unclearly.

"Hurry up and eat; after it's done, hurry home." Su Yun laughed: "If you just leave like that, we'll probably have to meet in the Big External Operating Room in three days."

The patient wore a worried, bitter face looking at the glove; in the end he reluctantly took the glove in his hand, sighing.